Friday, 19 January 2007

The good news is that this picture of Christopher Walken is floating about. Which bodes well. Let’s take this as a cue to add up the yays and nays of Hairspray

Nay: John Waters isn’t directing this time aroundYay: But he does make a cameo as a flasher Nay: John Travolta is replacing Divine as the fatty boom boom Edna Turnblad.Yay: But Queen Latifah is playing Motormouth Maybelle – surely a part she was born to. Nay: Beth Ditto from the Gossip hasn’t been cast as Tracy Tunrblad. Oi! MISSED OPPORTUNITY! AS

Yay: Adam Shankman, who choreographed Adams Family Values (remember those big dance routines?) is honing the hoofers on set AND directing the film. Nay: Let’s hope the weirdity hasn’t been too watered down to play safe in middle America. Because… Yay: Zac Efron of High School The Musical is playing Link Larkin, Tracy Turnblad’s love interest. He’s a HUGE star among the teenie weenies, so the film might actually be successful, play to packed theatres and warp a generation.

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